Rapporteur of the law committee, Nicolas Metzdorf delivers a speech during a debate on the constitutional bill aimed at enlarging the electorate of the overseas French territory of New Caledonia, at the National Assembly in Paris, on May 13, 2024. On May 13, 2024, 17,000 kilometres from the New Caledonia capital Noumea, the French National Assembly in Paris, will consider a constitutional amendment aimed at broadening the electorate for the archipelago's provincial elections, a reform that is a source of local tension between loyalists and independentists. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)